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Page Ei;it LENOIH NZ7T3-T0PIC, TIILT-SDAY. JULY 1, 1923 c. OUR LETTER BOX GRANITE FALLS Miss Hilda iWhitener of Hickory is visiting-Miss Love Sher.rill this week. Mrs. Clyde Whisnant visited in Salisbury last week. The B. Y. P. U. rendered a well prepared program to an appreciative audience at the Baptist church Sun day morning at 11 o'clock. The Ladies' Aid Society met with Mrs- W. F. Russell last week and planned to do some work atthe par sonage before Mr. Allen returns. ; The ladies of the Baptist church are giving a "shower" to Mrs. Shaver, wife of Rev.. J. M. Shaver. Mrs.; Shaver is having to go to the hospital i this week, with small chance of being benefited. Mr. Walter Whisnant, an old resi dent' of this place, but now of John son City, Tenn., was here a short time last week. Mrs. W. T. Sherrill, who had been visiting her daughter at Rock Hill, S. C, returned "home Monday. Mr. and Mrs. P. Whitener of Hick ory spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Odus Russell. Mrs. Russell's class of young ladies seem determined to have the nicest Sunday school room at the Methodist church. Last week they gave it a coat of paint and also furnished it with a nice rug. While Rev. Mr. Allen is spending his vacation at the Chicago Univer sity Dr. Craven of Davenport Col lege has charge of the church here, and is said to have given the congre gation something extra good Sunday evening. The West Hickory baseball team lost their first game of the season Saturday, when they went against the Granite Falls team. They came full of hope, expecting an easy walk over, but went away full of sorrow. The features of the kame were home runs by Houck and Mackie and the hard hitting of the entire team, es pecially that of Whisnant. Preston Payne of this place and Tom Smith of Saw Mills are spending their furloughs at their homes, wear ing the funny little white hats of the navy and the funny little navy breeches that remind one of the old riddle about the churn that goes: "Big at the bottom and litfle at the top," etc. The boys look as if they are pleased with their job. This seems to be about the best town "what is" in which to do busi ness. One fellow started a pressing club, got rich or satisfied and sold out, all in less than one week. J. 0. Deal & Co. also started business a few months ago and after putting in a stock of goods amounting to around $20,000, last week sold out to the Bryson-Snyder Co. of Asheville. This new firm is said to be fixing to give the folks a run for their money, soon. Rabbits are getting so plentiful out in the country that many people re port seeing from one to three or four playing around most any evening or morning. But it was Mr. Tom Reid who had the most unusual rabbit ex perience of all. Last week one night an old mother rabbit moved her fam ily to his back-porch and put them in some old clothes that the children had been using for their playhouse. The baby rabbits did not yet have their eyes open. Can- you beat this? Rev. Mr. Stroup of Dallas, former ly of Rhodhiss, preached in the Bap tist church Wednesday night on the. subject of "Regeneration." Miss Caro Nichols of Hickory spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. C. G. Houck. Rev. Mr. Ivery of Cherryville. Is visiting friends here this week. Miss Claudia Elmore spent last week end with her sister, Mrs. Lock, in Hickory. . Rev. and Mrs. M. V. Woosley are spending the summer with Mrs. Woosley's parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Warflck. Rev. L. W. Teague of, Taylorsville, former pastor of the Baptist church, spent Wednesday and Thursday vis iting friends in town. Mr. Teague recently graduated from Wake For est College and will enter the semi nary at Louisville, Ky., in the fall. Mrs. C. G. Houck spent part of last week with her sister, Mrs. Nich ols, in Hickory. Mrs. G. W. P. Hill is right sick with rheumatism at the present writ ing. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Yount mo tored to Hiekory Sunday to spend the day with Mrs. Yount's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Beafh. Route Three Wheat harvest is over in this sec tion and the farmers are rejoicing over the best crop in perhaps fifteen years. A protracted meeting began Sun day night at Ebenezer Methodist church, conducted by the pastor, Rev. B. C. Reavis. Mr. B. M. Satterwhite successfully underwent an operation for acute ap pendicitis at the Richard Baker hos pital, Hickory.fi and is doing as well as could be expected for a man 60 years of age. Mrs. H. II. Flowers, who is spend ing the summer with hei parents, vis ited at Camden, S. C, last week. Miss Juanita Satterwhite visited her sister, Mrs. J. B. Wilkie, in Char lotte last week and reports a pleas ant time. BOONE Mrs. Johnson of the State board returned during the past week, much to the pleasure and benefit of teach ers and students, who are always glad to see her and receive her in struction. Mr. C. M. Yates has bought the old Methodist church building -for the sum of $1,800, the church people re serving the fixtures. Mr. Yates, will probably use the building for mer chandising purposes. County Superintendent Robertson of Concord, spent some days in Boone the past week and made a sensible and witty talk to the summer school. Rev. Si. A. Adams was at the Training School the past week and made a strong religious talk in con ducting the devotional service at chapel. Mrs. W. E. Shipley of Valle Crucis was at the Training School Friday. A remarkable incident occurred at Saturday when one of the lady teach- THE STANDARDIZED PRODUCT OF THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS OF MOTOR TRUCKS IN THE WORLU FORD AUTOMOBILES; F0RDS0N TRACTORS; FAIRBANKS-MORSE GASOLINE ENGINES; P0WERFARM IMPLEMENTS. A FULL AND COMPLETE LINE OF AU TOMOBILE ACCESSORIES AND SUPPLIES, v "Standard" Gasoline; Mobiloils; Pola rine, and Outoline Oils; the various types of the best Greases. TIRfeS ?More miles per dollar." MiiniMiiniiniiiimminni 909 Rufus L. Gwyn LENOIR, N. C; RHEUMATISAi t -: o : j n vuua nui KMuma l u4 or Money Refunded . If there are any rheumatic suffer ers who have not availed themselves of this generous offer they should do so at once. If Rheuma, the guaranteed pre scription for rheumatism in any form does not give quick and joyful re lief the cost, small as it is, will be gladly returned without any quib bling or red tape. ,' ' Rheumatism is a dangerous dis ease, and anyon who the slightest sign of it should drive it from the system as quickly as possible. This is what Rheuma did for many. It should do as much for you. "I have been laid for one year with chronic arthritis," say sone suf ferer. I had doctors galore; also spent four months in a sanitarium, but had practically no relief. Then I started takin gRheuma. .Now I can go without crutches or other aid, which I could not do for the last nine months. I highly recommend it, and would gladly answer any ques tions asked on receipt of stamp for postage." Thomas H. Eddy, Schuy lersville, N. Y, Rheuma is absolutely harmless and thoroughly reliable because it is one discovery that has forced rheumatism to yield and disappear, -It is recom mended and sold on the no-cure-no-pay plan by Ballew's Cash Pharma cy and good druggists everywhere. er sof the summer school sat in the midst of conversation and did not speak a loud word for 15' minutes by the clock, though she did nod her head two or three times. There will be some changes in the members of the Training School fac ulty for the coming year. Prof. R B. Brewton has accepted a place in Georgia. The school is indeed for tunate in securing the services of Prof. J. T. C. Wright, son of Countv Supt. C. C. Wright of Wilkes. Mr Wright is an honor graduate of the University, also having specialized in English, Latin and German. . The school is no less fortunaet in again securing the return of Prof. A. J. Greene as supervisor of the prepara tory department, who so efficiently filled this place for some years. Mr. Russell Hodges of Boone and Miss Fae Greer of Mabel surprised their friends on the 16th. They were married at the home of the bride's father, Dr. F. M. Greer, at Mabel COLLETTSVILLE Rev. E. D. Crisp filled his regular appointment at the Baptist church Saturday and Sunday. There was a large crowd of folks from Mulberry here Sunday to attend preaching. Miss Jessie Roberts went to Lenoir Tuesday shopping. Mf. Otis Setzer was very sick last Monday, but is better now. Mr. I. ' G. Green went to Lenoir Wednesday on business. Mr, Reese Crisp went to Lenoir Wednesday, on business. t - i Mr. Adams went to Statesville Ff'f day and returned Sunday. ; Mrs. Rome Triplett has been visit ing her sisters, Mrs. Maud Moore and Mrs. Helen Phillips, and other rel atives and friends for the past week, She returned home Sunday. Mr. Tony Roberts spent the week end with his home folks here and re turned to his work at Mayworth Monday. Mr. Horace Gragg' of Mayworth visited his family Saturday and Sun day and returned Monday. Mr. Carroll Tolbert left here Mon day, going to Forest City. Miss Jessie Roberts has been very sick for the past few days, but is im proving some. Mr. Wiley Braswell has been very ill for the past week, but is better r.ow. ' DOWNSVILLE Harvesting Is aboue done in this section and the farmers have gone to plowing their corn. The crops are looking fr.irly well. Mrs. Caroline Tolbert has been right sick for the past two weeks, but is now getting some better. Mr. Clarence Tolbert of Akron, O., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tolbert, for a few days. 1 Mr. M. J. Smith visited his daugh ter, Mrs. A. T. Tolbert, Sunday. ' Dewberries are ripening right plen tiful now, but the sweetening propo sition is bothering right much. Mrs. Steele Warren of Asheville visited, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nick Edmonds, recently. Her daugh ter, Miss Myrtle, returned home with her to spend some time. Mr. Linville Tolbert's mother is very anxious to see or hear from him. , WHITNEL Wheat harvest' is about over here. The crop is the heaviest it has been in several years. , Oats ' are not so good, there being too much cheat in them. . Gardens are doing fine since the refreshing, showers, of the past week. Early apples. are beginning to ripen, tut are very scarce. In f act, there are no apples or peaches in this section worth mentioning, but there is a heavy blackberry crop. Little Jkliss Ollie Stallings has been right sick for the past weeje. Mr. Lee Rainey of Trenton, N. J., is at home for a while. , Messrs. Ransom Stallings and Fred Swanson of Spartanburg, S. C, and Ralph Stallings of KinStott all spent a week with home folks. The good' road is about finished from Peace chapel to the old Griffin bridge. It is a good one, too, if it will only stay that way. The camp will be moved early this week, and we understand it will be located on Mr. J. p, Bradshaw' farm In Bush ville. I - : . v . Miss Delia Wilson left Monday for New York city, where she will attend summer school at Columbia Univer sity. ROUTE SIX The farmers in this section are about done harvesting and the crops are good. . :, Mr. Calvin Porch -of King's Creek was a visitor , at 'Mr. John Hice's Sunday. Mrs. Joe Keller and Mrs. Connie Bean left Saturady for a few days' ViS it at Newton. Quite a large crowd from Little River attended the mass meetinz in Lenoir Saturday, and it" seems that everybody went home feeling good. Mr. Pink Anderson, returned from Lenoir Saturday and he reports a glorious time, and says that the Re publicans are in good shape this fall to win, but the writer believes that we will have to wait until November before we can tell whether the bow, is tied right or wrong. I Mr. Anderson Keller was a visitor' at Mr. A. T. Porch's, on Route. 2,' Sunday. , Mr. P. Lt Tolbert of Route 2 was! a visitor at Mr. Anderson Keller's Sunday. 1 Mr. and rs. Rose- Weaver and Mrs. I Sarah Keller and son, Claud, of Lex-1 ington, returned from a short visit to Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Roberts ROUTE FIVE Rev. Mr. Price filled his appoint ment at Game well last Sunday after noon, s . The farmers are done, harvesting. They think the wheal is very fine. Mr. and Mr3. Robert Hall are vis iting their parents and ather rela tives at Lenoir. . Miss Mary Perkins Kent is visit ing her aunts, Mrs. Forney and Miss Perkins, on John's River. Mr. Edgar Watson has not im proved very much yet Mrs. C. A. Anderson is Spending a few days visiting her sons, Messrs. A. P. and J. A. Anderson, at Per kinsville. Mrs. Charlie Curlee and Mrs. Hen ry Setser spent a few days with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W N. Watson, first of the week. Mrs. Luther Link spent Sunday with her brother, Mr. Hardy Sud dreth. Miss Bessie Spainhour is spending her vacation with her mother, Mrs. Ida Spainhour. LOWER CREEK Mr3. Katura Bowman, aged 77 years, died Monday morning after a continued illness and was buried Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion. An other age-worn, yet true and patient soul, has passed on. Little Hill, son of Mr. Turner Carl ton, is seriously ill at this writing. Messrs. Russell Heffner, Wade Smith and Bryan Bush have returned to Chattanooga, Term., to resume their work. Mr. A. R. Barlow and family, ac companied by Mr. Ernest Kirby and wife, visited relatives at King's Creek Sunday. ' Sunday night services at Lower Creek church have been resumed, be ginning lr.oi Sunday night with a good attendance. Quite a number of our people at tended the Root-Hoover wedding at Mt. Zion church Wednesday evening. -All persons owning stock in any corpora tion outside of this " State will come in im mediately and list same Anyone failing to list this stock is liable to prosecution by the So licitor. J. A. BUSH, Jr. Supervisor. Sii nil ! Two or three first-class Men Cooks for new camps just being built on our operation. Running water in camps, with all conveniences. Salary $125.00 per month; helper furnished. Prefer applicants report for interview. A fourth of the weight of baled ' cotton is made up of sand, dirt andjH other foreign substances. IS I Nearly everyone arrives at a I J point where there is need for J a a iuuic-restorative. Scott's Emulsion is the choice of tens of thou- 5 sands because it gives tone I to the whole system and I restores strengtn, . I ! MAKE SCOTTS YOUR CHOICE I 5 BOONE FORK LUMBER GO. Shulls Mills, N. C. Want Ads. Help Build Business Refresh Yourself These Hot Days WITH OUR SODAS andCRMS : ' 4 Vr--: c..;.Y;.: ... ' ' Our fountain is at your service for comfort and enjoy- ment, and we hope you'll make yourself at home while taking advantage of it. The coolest place jn town. 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